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Editors’ choice: Our best stories of the 2025-2026 academic year
Campus Echo
The Campus Echo has produced 101 stories in the 2025-2026 academic year. To reflect on the year, our co-editors-in-chief, Ronni Butts and De’Zaria Lucas, have selected their favorite stories of the year to highlight. All 15 headlines is hyperlinked and appear in red. Though not a story, the Campus Echo collaborated with The Nubian Message, N.C. State U
Graduating seniors wait for what’s next
Campus Echo
With her cap and gown ready, N.C. Central University senior Leila Kelly is checking her email more than usual. After applying to around 20 jobs and completing multiple interviews, she is still waiting to hear back just weeks before graduation “I’ve been tailoring my resume to every job, going to career fairs, conferences, and really trying to find things tha
AC concerns rise in buildings across NCCU
Campus Echo
After a long walk down Lawson Street, you finally reach Farrison-Newton. Hoping that you will reach the elevator in enough time to wait for it before your class starts, but as soon as the doors open, it’s completely full. You finally make it to class, but notice that it is incredibly warm as you look around at your classmates with makeshift fans, shedd
NCCU professors navigate AI use in the classroom
Campus Echo
As artificial intelligence continues to develop, students at N.C. Central University are using artificial intelligence tools in their academic work, from writing assistance to research support. As AI becomes more common in higher education, students and faculty are learning how to use it responsibly while maintaining academic integrity. In spaces like the Ja
Eagle Choice Awards recognize NCCU students and organizations during Spring Fling
Campus Echo
Students, faculty and staff filled the decorated New Student Center event hall Friday evening for the Student Activities Board’s Eagle Choice Awards, which recognized students and organizations for leadership, service and campus involvement. SAB President Morgan Massenburg said the event was intended to celebrate students who are active on campus and highlig
From Crown to Cap: Mister NCCU reflects on his reign
Campus Echo
As the spring class of 2026 commencement approaches, Mister NCCU Christopher Thorns prepares to spread his eagle wings to soar from the N.C. Central University’s nest. Thorns looks back on overcoming a generational barrier through leadership and personal advancement. A senior Business Administration major from Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and a first-gener
“Not Today:” NCCU students learn self-defense
Campus Echo
Student interest in a recent “Not Today: A Practical Self-Defense Workshop” at N.C. Central University may have received enough student interest to return as a regular event, according to one of its organizers. “I really do think having it on a wider scale would be awesome,” said Emily Guzman, director of the Women’s Center and Student Development Init
NCCU’s all-women quiz bowl team wins national championship
Campus Echo
N.C. Central University’s Honda Campus All-Star Challenge team took home a national championship victory last Tuesday, simultaneously making history as an all-women team. HCASC, founded in 1989, is “America’s premier academic competition for Historically Black Colleges and Universities.” More than 125,000 students have participated across the U.S. The NCCU H
The unsung hero of Farrison-Newton’s third floor
Campus Echo
If you walk the halls of N.C. Central University’s Farrison-Newton Communications Building sometime after 3 p.m., you’d probably run into the custodian, “Mr. Ben.” He’ll be walking with his yellow janitor cart, stopping at offices, bathrooms and classrooms. He’ll definitely be sporting some fresh shoes — maybe some Chucks, Pumas, or Nike Dunks. If you compli
Chancellor Dixon discusses evolving higher education, funding at HBCUs
Campus Echo
University chancellors across the Triangle were asked by journalists to answer a simple question: Is college still worth it? At an event in Durham called The Atlantic Across America, N.C. Central University Chancellor Karrie G. Dixon took the stage to defend the future of higher education alongside N.C. State University Chancellor Kevin Howell and UNC Chapel
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